@ KICK*ASS*METAL we listen to a insane amount of King Diamond, Mercyful Fate, Wooden Stake, Riti Occulti, Coven featuring Jinx Dawson, Norwegian Avant- Garde Gothic / Black Metal, Bay Area Thrash especially Exodus, the Razorback Records back catalogue, any and everything we can get our hands on from this GODLY record label. Black Sabbath, and Tribute Band Black Sabbitch The Oath, Death Penalty’82 featuring World-Class Vocalist Michelle Nocon. AND TONS OF 80’s metal AND TONS OF 90’s DEATH METAL.

So Wooden Stake is something that is in our everyday listening habits. So this album is highly anticipated for KICK*ASS*METAL we ordered 5 of the CD/t-shirt bundles. And 2 back up copies, of the compilation “At The Stroke of Midnight’ and 2 back up copies of the AWESOME debut

KICK*ASS*METAL is highly on the TRUE NORWEGIAN GOTHIC METAL, gothic metal, side of things in the metal genre, and we worship hard any artist that utilizes the beauty and the beast style & configuration. Wooden Stake is a World-Class DOOM/DEATH metal band with a World-Class Vocalist Vanessa Nocera, who utilizes both her harsh and clean vocal styling’s with the greatest of talent, conviction, originality, sincerity and charisma.

“Dead Winter Resurrection” is the albums intro and sets the mood for the upcoming metallic perfection. I really love the bass work on this song, as well as the keyboards, the bells in the background are a nice touch.

“Rise from the Bleeding Coffin” — I love the opening from For the next track. I am a huge fan of Vanessa Nocera higher range and it sound unreal/surreal on this track. Just PURE METALLIC magic and METALLIC EVOCATION.

“A Feast of Virgin Souls” is next and like the last song the RIFF is World-Class, and the rhythms are totally of a METALLIC nature, and Vanessa Nocera’s harsh and melodic vocals are really excellent on this song. I love the guitar work from Willie Wardlaw on this song. The melody for this song, is one of the best I have heard in heavy metal in a while and for sure this is one of the best HEAVY METAL albums of 2015. So far the albums has 2 songs with 2 KILLER RIFFS on it. Wooden Stake are masters of not only riffing and perfect metallic guitar tone. They are World-Class song-writers.

What separates the leaders from the follower in the metal world, is innovation. Wooden Stake always makes sure to incorporate their own originality to the song-writing and musicianship.

“Alzebeta: The Devils Bitch”, the longest track on this metal masterpiece and it is a slower song, but the pace slowed down but never the HEAVINESS and savage factor to their metallic art. I really love the guitar tone on this album, and sound really stellar on this song. @ 5 minutes and 44 seconds it is the albums most epic track

“Cross-Scaled Flesh”, has a really excellent riff and I love the heaviness album, and for this song. @ the 1:45 mark there is some really top-notch and stellar song-writing, the music for this part of the album is really inspired it is really awesome. Before the 3 minute mark there is some really excellent rhythm guitar work, which is really heavy before going into one of the main riffs. The melodic touch to that riffs is really KICK*ASS.

“Exorcising The Possessed” is a really excellent song, and gives the album a perfect listening experience. Time just stands still and the albums so far has one perfect song, after the next, after the next.

“Dragged Through The Rotted Catacombs”, has a really cool riffs, and as always the guitar tone, just rules over-all. Wooden Stake’s “A Feast of Virgin Souls” is just pure METALLIC SUPREME METAL ART OF THE HIGHEST ORDER. This is one of the best songs on the album, Everything is perfect, song-writing, musicianship, KILLER guitar tone. Excellent World-Class HEAVY METAL vocals from Vanessa Nocera. Who also does the bass work on this metallic masterpiece.

“Hanging from The Inverted Cross”, I love the opening RIFF on this song. The song-writing is perfect on this song. I really enjoy the melody to this song, the song-writing is very highly original and highly thought out. The harsh vocals from Vanessa Nocera around the 1:30 minute mark are totally KICK*ASS, and totally convincing. I really love the over all albums aesthetic, of haunting beauty of the melody lines, and the killer guitar tone. And the album causes just pure metallic evocation, because the song-writing mastery and magic, is present on every second of this album. The guitar solo for this song from Willie Wardlaw is really melodic and pure 100% metallic perfection.

“1140 Rue Royale” I love the musicianship for how the song opens, excellent guitar playing and a pretty KICK*ASS riff. The song-writing around the 2 minute mark, is really ominous and just sends chills up and down my spine, perfect song-writing. This is one of the best melodies on the album, just mind-blowing. Around the 3:30 range a really KILLER RIFF is used, and a really cool melody is sung by Vanessa Nocera, the song-writing depth, is awesome around 4:40 to the songs conclusion. There is some cool sardonic wrath laughter followed by some screams, which add to the album over all heaviness and original artistic vision.

“Curse of The Cauldron Countess” the songs opens with a killer riff, and I really love the melody to this song. The rhythms of the song is perfect for heavy metal head banging, again the song has a perfect mix of melodic perfection and perfect DEATH METAL vocals like no other, Vanessa Nocera has a pretty original timbre for both her melodic and harsh vocal styles. A true original and a true one-of-a-kind.

Everything is perfect on this album. The bass playing, the drum work, the guitar work, riffs, rhythm and solos, the Vocals on this album, make this not only a essential and mandatory purchase, but it is album that I will enjoy for the rest of my life, and hope my successors really enjoy this album, and keep passing it on down the family heirlooms, and keep this music around forever. Wooden Stake “A Feast Of Virgin Souls” will easily survive the test of time. “A Feast of Virgin Souls’ offers a lot of metallic authenticity and originality, and those looking for heavy metal art, will want to hunt this down @ all cost.

Of course this is just a initial review, I got it in the mail today. So in 3 weeks, I will be able to notice more on the song-writing and the aesthetics. And will be able to do a more in-depth review of this album.

I always by 4 copies of a album, if I know it is a TIMELESS MASTERPIECE. I purchased 5 (five) copies in the CD/t-shirt bundle, of this TIMELESS MASTERPIECE, since I know it will be in KICK*ASS*METAL’s heavy rotation, for decades to come. This RULES.

THE BUY OR F!@#$%G RULE is in full-effect for this one.

Since it is still cold outside, I will be wearing my Wooden Stake “A Feast of Virgin Souls” t-shirt underneath my Mercyful Fate hoodie (which is now out of print by the way)…!!!

How to obtain one of the greatest albums of 2015 and the decade 2010, and the 21st century, and of all-time of 80’s metal (THE RIFF LORD age) & 90’s metal (The DEATH METAL age). This info is direct word for word on the bands official Facebook presence

“WOODEN STAKE “A Feast of Virgin Souls” CD now available to order!

Wooden Stake are back from their moldy tomb with their long awaited 2nd full-length album, A Feast of Virgin Souls! A supernatural and unconventional tale about two female vampires versus a demonically possessed female butcher based off of the legend of Elizabeth Bathory. Musically, the album offers up evil and heavy guitar riffs, bass, and slaying vocals of both the melodic and demonic kind. Over 40 minutes of… dark DOOM/DEATH METAL with N.W.O.B.H.M. and King Diamond influences. You are guaranteed to get your ears impaled by Wooden Stake!

Also available in a T-SHIRT/CD bundle package exclusively through the official Wooden Stake big cartel! Order using PAYPAL or your CREDIT CARD from: http://woodenstake.bigcartel.com/

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Below is a list of KICK*ASS*METAL heavy metal hall of fame albums. This is the traditional metal list. There is also a death metal age list on KICK*ASS*METAL also. There is also a Norwegian Black Metal list on KICK*ASS*METAL, also, and a Gothic Metal list. I put Wooden Stake discography on this list, traditional metal timeless masterpieces.

Since I feel these albums Wooden Stake “Dungeon Prayers & Tombyard Serenades”, Wooden Stake “At The Stroke of Midnight” & Wooden Stake “A Feast of Virgin Souls” has everything to do with the style of metallic metal mayhem for the building blocks any serious metallic record collection. Mostly KILLER RIFFS, KILLER GUITAR TONE, Forever rhythmic never ending destruction and fury. Original sound and style, and World-Class Vocals. This is not a rating but a alphabetical list so Wooden Stake is in the W’s between WitchKiller and Zoser Mez.

I am not sure the number of album on this list. Consider it KICK*ASS*METAL’s heavy metal hall of fame top 100 or top 150 heavy metal albums of all-time.